helicopter
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The district is represented by Republican Gabe Evans, who served a dozen years in the Army and National Guard as a Black Hawk helicopter pilot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Because of cloud cover limiting movement by a helicopter, rangers traveled on foot to reach the hiker, who was lowered down to Lake Helen, according to the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Burrows would himself be the victim of a helicopter crash over Laos in 1971, bringing renewed interest and poignancy to this photograph.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
It took place shortly after he arrived by helicopter and was greeted to a guard of honour provided by Balaklava Company, 5th Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Ash flew up in a blinding white cloud as the helicopter tried to take off.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
Two days after the Summer of Ludd ended, private jets and helicopters descended on Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to herald the start of the Allen & Co.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
President Trump said a contribution from the defense contractor will go toward a new South Lawn pad for Marine One helicopters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Health authorities have reported a surge in respiratory illnesses due to air pollution, and firefighters have dispatched helicopters, water tankers, bulldozers and drones to extinguish the inferno.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
The landing site aims to solve problems associated with the new fleet of presidential helicopters built by Sikorsky, Trump said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
She takes a deep, relieved breath, feeling a sense of connection to her fellow journalists all those years ago, as they boarded helicopters halfway around the world to escape the Viet Cong.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
Mass opposition and a coup briefly deposed him, but after three days under guard on a military island, he helicoptered back to Caracas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026
Instead, they recommended that Nusslock be helicoptered to UC San Francisco for an abortion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2024
Well, it will not be be helicoptered from one stadium to the other when the final whistle blows.
From BBC ● May 18, 2024
“Here’s the bottom line: When my predecessor got covid, he had to get helicoptered to Walter Reed,” Biden said.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 27, 2022
It meant sitting quietly in your desk chair while your best friend is helicoptered off for emergency eye surgery.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
The priciest dish on the menu tastes like roast beef with a little helicoptering from ginger and turmeric.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2023
He tumbled out of bounds at nearly 60 miles per hour, his skis helicoptering into the netting on one side of the slope.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2021
“Your moral stature is actually enhanced the more persecuted you are or want to be. It’s a generation of overparenting, protecting children from every conceivable harm, helicoptering over them and infantilizing them.”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 18, 2021
Inspired by the aerodynamics of these helicoptering pods, as well as other gliding, spinning tree seeds, engineers claim to have crafted the smallest ever wind-borne machines, which they call “microfliers.”
From Scientific American ● Sep. 22, 2021
A few fall, helicoptering down to the forest floor.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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